Great news!  Hopefully the other PD orgs. can join in the alliance.

Ivan

On Wed, 19 May 1999 10:42:58 -0400 judith richards <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>Company Press Release
>
>National Parkinson Foundation Forms 'Alliance to Cure Parkinson's
>Disease' with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
>
>MIAMI, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Following meetings of representatives of
>the National Parkinson Foundation and the Department of Veterans
>Affairs
>the two organizations have agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding
>that
>will establish the ``National Parkinson Foundation-Department of
>Veterans Affairs Alliance to Cure Parkinson's Disease'' An official
>signing ceremony has been set for 1:00 p.m., June 1, 1999 at the
>Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters in Washington, DC.
>
>Signing on behalf for the National Parkinson Foundation will be Nathan
>Slewett, Chairman of the National Parkinson Foundation Board of
>Directors. In anticipation of the historic signing, Mr. Slewett said,
>``This working
>agreement between the National Parkinson Foundation and the Department
>of Veterans Affairs, marks the beginning of a constructive alliance
>between a federal agency and a private voluntary health foundation
>that
>offers
>real hope to solving the remaining medical mysteries of Parkinson's
>disease as well as improving the treatment of Parkinson patients who
>are
>a part of the Veterans Health Service. I am truly grateful that the
>National Parkinson
>Foundation is a partner in this endeavor.''
>
>Although the full text of the agreement will be released in a joint
>statement by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the National
>Parkinson Foundation, the scope of the Memorandum of Understanding
>includes the provision of CME training for physicians, employed by the
>Veterans Health Service who treat patients with Parkinson Disease. It
>also includes the development of symposia which will focus on advances
>in the understanding and treatment of Parkinson's disease targeted to
>VHS professionals, provision for public dissemination of information
>on
>Parkinson's disease research and treatment programs of the VHS, and
>collaboration on research strategies that offer promise of new
>therapies
>that will lead to improved treatments and eventually the cure for
>Parkinson's disease.
>
>Founded in 1957 and headquartered in Miami, Florida, the National
>Parkinson Foundation is the largest organization serving people with
>Parkinson's disease and their families throughout the world.
>
>SOURCE: National Parkinson Foundation
>Copyright © 1999 PRNewswire.
>--
>Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada
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